The Director of Sales and Marketing has directed commercial activity for all Sofitels across Southeast Asia and India since 2008 and moves to this Sofitel flagship while maintaining regional sales responsibilities.

Expected to open in 2017, hhe hotel will be an important component of a mixed-use development that will be situated on a 98-acre parcel of land located on the riverbank of the Iguaçu River.

Two Holiday Inn hotels in of Puebla and Villahermosa and one Holiday Inn Express hotel in Pachuca are expected to open before the end of 2016.

Refreshed program includes information on the company’s newest hotel brands – the Autograph Collection, AC Hotels by Marriott, Moxy Hotels and Protea Hotels.

The company announced progress on water reduction targets, efforts to conserve water at California properties and a partnership with carbon-neutral bottled water makers.

By 2020, the company will add 4 luxury resorts to Hainan Island, including 3 St. Regis resorts in Haikou, Qingshui Bay and Haitang Bay as well as a W Retreat & Spa in Haitang Bay.

The 14-floor, 198-room hotel includes 28 luxury suites, offers panoramic city and sea views of the Black Sea.

By Alan Garland: Sales are great, but so many of the offers on social have a short-term dimension. The longer term value to a brand on social comes from staff acting like humans, not sales people.

The circa 260-room citizenM hotel will be located in Ximending, the colourful retail and entertainment hub that is known as the Harajuku and Shibuya of Taipei.

McGovern joins the team following the acquisition and rebranding of the hotel in March 2014 where it became the first property in Millennium & Copthorne’s new, global “Monogram Collection”.